Tuesday, August 28, 2007

More Spy Planes Needed To Protect The Opium Crop

More spy planes needed in fight against Taliban: committee
"Canadian troops in Afghanistan urgently need new spy planes, in part so they can spot where the Taliban is planting roadside bombs, says the chair of the Standing Committee on National Security and Defence."

Recall that it was the Taliban who basically eradicated all opium production in Afghanistan.
Now?

Record Opium Production In 2007
"Afghanistan now accounts for 93% of the world's production of opium, the raw material for heroin.
The country has doubled its output of the drug in the past two years
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